Ronaldo’s Awards Were Earned, Not Given – Katia Aveiro

Cristiano Ronaldo’s sister has come out to take a swipe at Lionel Messi after his Ballon d’Or win this week. Recall that the Argentine took home a record eighth trophy at Monday night’s ceremony in Paris after leading his national team as they won the 2022 Qatar World Cup.

Reacting, Katia Aveiro simply agreed with a post that claimed that Ronaldo earned his awards, which was an apparent dig to Lionel Messi following his recent achievement.

The post showed Ronaldo surrounded by his raft of personal honours including three UEFA Men’s Player of the Year awards, four European Golden Shoes, and five Ballon d’Ors, so Katia wrote, “Earned, not given.”

WOW.

Lionel Andrés Messi, also known as Leo Messi, is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for and captains both Major League Soccer club Inter Miami and the Argentina national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Messi has won a record seven Ballon d’Or awards and a record six European Golden Shoes, and in 2020 he was named to the Ballon d’Or Dream Team.

Until leaving the club in 2021, he had spent his entire professional career with Barcelona, where he won a club-record 35 trophies, including ten La Liga titles, seven Copa del Rey titles and the UEFA Champions League four times.

With his country, he won the 2021 Copa América and the 2022 FIFA World Cup. A prolific goalscorer and creative playmaker, Messi holds the records for most goals in La Liga (474), most hat-tricks in La Liga (36) and the UEFA Champions League (eight), and most assists in La Liga (192) and the Copa América (17).

He also has the most international goals by a South American male (103). Messi has scored over 800 senior career goals for club and country, and has the most goals by a player for a single club (672).